Passerby Films is an award-winning production & post-production company based in Brooklyn. We've produced projects for BBC, Food Network, ESPN, Vox Media, Complex Networks, Nike, GE, PBS, MTV, Travel Channel, MoMA and more.
Our PBS series The Food Flirts was nominated for a James Beard Award. Our first feature film REFUGE is currently available on Amazon Prime and Showtime. Our recent doc series, Jacked With Spirits was nominated for best Travel & Adventure series at the 2016 Webby Awards. Passerby Films is owned and operated by Andrew Robertson.
Andrew@passerbyfilms.com
(917) 518-9614
Short Documentary
Shot & edited in Colombia. Shot on the Canon C200.
James Beard Award nominated series for PBS. Directed, co-shot & edited. Shot on the C100.
PBS: Peril & Promise
MoMA: Kinematics 3D Printed Dress
(Filmed & Edited)
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
NYC Rising is a documentary series on the subject of climate change that I shot and edited in Winter 2018 for PBS. The series focuses on what NYC is doing to combat coming the various threats that climate change poses to the city.
PBS: Peril & Promise
(Co-Filmed & Edited)
Cities of Service is a nonprofit organization that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing the way local government and citizens work together.
Jacked With Spirits: A 5-episode tour of some of America's most innovative micro-distilleries with Travel Channel host Jack Maxwell.
Shot with the Canon C300
HGTV Series: Co-Directed, Shot & Edit for HGTV
GE: The Power of Lean
GE Hitachi: A short documentary about the BWRX-300 small modular nuclear reactor.
Canon C100 Mark ii
Filmed & Edited
A short documentary with GE Renewable Energy. Shot for GE Reports on the Sony FX9.
Shot & Edited for WNET, PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/
Directed, Shot & Edited for HGTV
Bloomberg: Cities of Service
Documentary: Bach: A Passionate Life - BBC: We shot and directed the Princeton, NJ segment
Branded
(Editor)
Produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-cola.
Directed, shot & edited for Travel Channel. Shot on the Canon C300.
Shot & Edited for MoMA & Shapeways
Edited for the NFL & Fatherly.com
Ossabaw Island Pork: Dedicated to the preservation and propagation of this special, heritage breed.
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Art Center
Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy NY
(Edited)
Branded content piece produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-Cola.
Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy
Shot & Edited for KELLNER
Per Scholas: Manifesto Film
Shot & edited for Amazon
Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
Fatherly & Plum Organics: Parenting Unfiltered
Parenting Unfiltered: Work/Life Balance
Shot
MTV World commissioned this profile of sneaker artist Keiji Ando (Panasonic HVX-200)
BTS: Laika Studios produces ESPN's first stop-motion animation spot. (Pan DVX-100)
BTS: My daughter Sofia painting at age 6 (Canon Mark 3)
Travel & Food
PBS series: Directed, shot & edited by Passerby Films. Shot on the Canon C100
A Day at Ellis Island w/ TripAdvisor & IRC
Directed, shot & edited in South Africa. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in Alaska. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Park City, Utah with the Booze Traveller, Jack Maxwell
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Alaskan King Crab Legs & Killer Whales!
Directed, shot & edited in Vietnam. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in Iceland. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Seattle, WA with Jack Maxwell
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, shot & edited in South Africa. Shot in the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in Vietnam. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in Iceland. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in Alaska. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in New Zealand.
Directed, shot & edited in New Zealand
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
:30 Commercial
Commercial Editing
Sportscenter: Spy :30 (2011 One Show Pencil Bronze; Cannes Film Lion Bronze; One Show Top Ten)
Nike: Force Fate
SportsCenter: Conditioning Coach :30
ESPN: Fantasy Football, "Tuesdays" :30
ESPN Brand: Sign Language :30
ESPN: Fantasy Football: Call in :30
Our team built a modified camera case for Delta that recorded the odyssey of a bag of luggage to promote their Bag Tracker App.
SportsCenter: Handshake :30
World Cup 2010: POV :30
Sprite Manifesto
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Caroline :30
Southern Comfort Manifesto
SportsCenter: Superman :30
SportsCenter: Machine :30
SportsCenter: Watching the Tape :30
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Stealing :30
Tabasco Manifesto
SportsCenter 3D: Break it, Buy it :30
ESPN Content: Fanwich v.2
Laika Animation Studios: The Making of Believe
ESPN Content: Fanwich v.1
ESPN Magazine: Behind the Scenes
Part 3 of a 3 part series for Nike following NHL rookie superstar Steve Stamkos. (Sony EX-1)
Part 1 of a 3 part series for Nike following NHL rookie superstar Steve Stamkos. (Sony EX-1)
BTS: (Editor only) Nike: Road to Boom: Segment 2 with Steve Stamkos (Sony EX-1)
Profiles, Case Studies & Ethnographies
Brooklyn-based organization committed to finding climate solutions locally.
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Arts Center
Edited for Land Rover & Y&R
SEEDS OF PEACE: Non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace.
Directed, Shot & Edited for WNET & Barclays
Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
KELLNER: FASHION
COMMON GROUND: Ending Homelessness in New York - Organization Profile
Directed, Shot & Edited for HELEN-OWEN-CAREY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PS 321: PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN
FATHERLY.COM
Music Video: Interpol's Daniel Kessler & Joseph Fraioli - Album "Big Noble"; Track "Stay Gold"
My son Isky's Rain Forest school project :) Shot with my iphone. Edited with love.
Seeds of Peace
VR
The New Museum, Exhibit: "Grief & Grievance, Part 1"
shot with the Insta360 PRO 2, 2021
FieldCore (A GE company) brings together the field services expertise and people from both Granite Services and GE's Power Services into one organization focused on World-Class Execution.
FieldCore Poland - This VR experience takes to a GE steam plant in Poland.
TripAdvisor / Viator: Trotternish Ridge, Scotland. Deep in the highlands, this VR experience takes you one of the most beautiful spots in all of Scotland.
TripAdvisor / Viator: Senator Square, Helsinki, Finland.
TripAdvisor / Viator: This VR experience takes you on a tour of New Zealand. Shot with the Samsung 360.
TripAdvisor / Viator: Edinburgh Bagpiper.
TripAdvisor / Viator: Times Square 360. This VR experience takes you right to the heart of NYC.
Tripadvisor / Viator: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn Christmas Lights.
By Faith Farm: Nashville, TN. This VR experience tours a farm in Tennessee that grows food for charitable organizations such as Food Bank, while also offering farm stays to those seeking a true farm getaway experience.
Personal Projects & Documentaries
New York Musicians Series: Jake, Klezmer in the 21st Century
Directed & shot (in an hour) on location at PS321 in Park Slope, Brooklyn with the wonderful 5th grade class of 5-337
Documentary about the championship game of an 8-year-old's basketball team.
Sofia Painting at 6
Trainwreck w/ special guest Discoczech
The Battle for Georgia: Election 2008
Feature Film & Shorts
Our first feature film. A post-apocalyptic thriller about a family struggling to survive in the wake of a catastrophic plague that has brought civilization to its knees. Available on Amazon Prime: retitled "American Apocalypse" https://www.amazon.com/American-Apocalypse-Sebasti...
Shot & edited for Vista Higher Learning. Shot on the Sony FX9
Shot & edited for Vista Higher Learning. Shot on the Sony FX9
Shot & edit for Vista Higher Learning on the RED Dragon.
PBS Shorts: Directed, shot & edit for Friday evening shorts program on WNET, NY.